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The creature in the map : a journey to El Dorado
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The creature in the map : a journey to El Dorado

by Charles Nicholl

An account of Walter Raleigh's 1595 expedition up the Orinoco river in search of El Dorado. Based on first-hand records and a retracing of the route, the text analyses the failed voyage and the cultural myth that motivated European explorers.

Accession 19741 ISBN 0688146007 Publisher William Morrow & Co.
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